Broadcast-seeding machine



(No Model.)

S. S. SPEIOHER.

BROADCAST SEEDING MACHINE.

No. 349,821. Patented Sept. 28, 1886.

UNITED STATES PATENT @FFTCE.

SAMUEL S. SPEICHER, OF URBANA, INDIANA.

BROADCAST-SEEDING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 349,821, dated Sbeptember 28. 1886.

(No model.)

To all whom it may concern-.-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL S. Srmonnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Urbana, in the State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hand Broadcast-Seeding Machines, of which the following is a specification, to wit:

This invention relates to hand broadcastseeding machines; and it consists in the peculiar construction and arrangement of the same, substantially as will be hereinafter more full y set forth and claimed.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan view of a broadcast seeder, such as I shall describe; and Figs. 2 and 8 are perspective detail views of my invention.

A represents a seed-box, which is formed as shown or in any of the usual forms for such devices, and provided with a revolving distributing whcel, A, having a spool, (1, pivoted in the main frame and an operating bow, B, which is rceiprocated transversely by the hand of the operator,and has a cord, I), which passes around the spool to operate the disk A. In this construction I pass the bow through a swiveled or pivoted guide, 0, which turns freely as the bow is operated, and allows the bow to be operated equally well whether running at right angles to the seed-box or not. The guide may be made in various forms, as shown in the drawings, Figs. 2 and 3. I prefer the form shown in Fig. 2, in which the guide consists of a piece of metal having upturned ends, through which the bow is passed and guided.

In Fig. 3 a small block of wood is repre sented as pivoted on the frame, and through which the bow runs. This is somewhat cheaper than the other form, but is not as preferable in practice. It will be seen that instead of the hand moving in a right line in operating this machine it may have a curved and easy swing from the shoulder, and thus operate with less strain and is not so liable to tire the person.

I shall when using this device place the springs 1.), which are always used on the bow, at the guide, to the sides of. which they areattached, and by this arrangement I am enabled to materially shorten the bow over the old way of placing these springs on the outer ends of the bow.

In this application I do not claim, broadly, any means whereby the bow is made to turn l'rccl y at different angles, as Ihave claimed the same broadly in my application Serial No. 131,428.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a hand broadcast seeder, a bow-guide pivoted upon the main frame, substantiallyas and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a hand broadcastseeder, a main l'ramc provided with a distributing-disk and a bowguide pivoted upon the main frame in .proper relation thereto, in coinbinati n with an operating-bow passed through the swivcled guide and provided with a cord connected with the disk, substantially as and for-the purpose set: forth.

3. The bow-guide C, swivcled on the main frame and formed of metal, having upturned ends perforated for the passage of the bow,substantially as shown and described.

4. The combination, with the swivelcd bowguide (3, ot' the springs I), secured thereto on each side, substantially as and for the purpose set; forth.

In testimony whereofI affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SAMUEL S. SPEICHER.

\Vitnesses:

I. E. GINGERICK, 1T. HARRISON. 

